Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
R.J. Reynolds' new "Turkish blend" cigarette. Turkish tobacco was introduced to American cigarettes in 1913 by the Camel brand, blended with Virginia and Burley leaves.. Today, it remains a key ingredient in American blend cigarettes [citation needed] Demand remains high; however, the capacity to grow it remains limited, [citation needed] resulting in it being one of the most expensive types ...
Fatima was launched in the 1870s, and was marketed as an exotic blend of Turkish tobaccos. [3] It was one of the first brands to be made on a cigarette machine. The name Fatima, a common Turkish or Arab woman's name, helped bolster the Turkish image.
The tobacco blend of the non-American Camel contains less Oriental tobacco and a higher proportion of Burley. [citation needed] On July 1, 2000, an "Oriental" variety of Camel was introduced, followed by Turkish Gold, a regular cigarette, in 2000, and Turkish Jade, a menthol, in 2001.
Virginia or Light blends are mainly made up of Virginia tobacco. Smooth adds Georgia tobaccos to a Light blend. Halfzware, meaning "half heavy" in Dutch, is a combination of Light and Zware shag, nowadays called Stevige or Volle. Turkish is a blend that mainly consists of Turkish tobaccos like Yenidje, Samsun, Bafra etc.
Bugler differentiates itself from its chief competitors in that its tobacco consists of a premium "Turkish and domestic blend", which is similar to the same claim advertised by the higher-priced factory made brand Camel. Bugler has recently [when?] changed their rolling papers from thick papers to a newer, thinner paper which is interleaved ...
Murad referenced the Oriental roots of their Turkish tobacco blends through pack art and advertising images. [4] Surely one of the most gorgeously over-the-top ad campaigns for any cigarette was the long-running series for Murad brand made by Rea Irvin.
Mehmet Emin Calkan begins work harvesting a tobacco field in rural Turkey before dawn, then has another shift skewering and stringing the tobacco to dry under the sun. While he labors, his boss ...
Chesterfields, originally a blend of Turkish and Virginia tobacco, were introduced by the Drummond Tobacco Company of St. Louis, Missouri in 1873. The company was acquired by American Tobacco Company in 1898, who manufactured Chesterfields until 1911.